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The Single UNIX &reg; Specification, Version 2<br>
Copyright &copy; 1997 The Open Group

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<h4><a name = "tag_000_005_815">&nbsp;</a>NAME</h4><blockquote>
getwchar - get a wide character from a <i>stdin</i> stream
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_816">&nbsp;</a>SYNOPSIS</h4><blockquote>
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#include &lt;<a href="wchar.h.html">wchar.h</a>&gt;

wint_t getwchar(void);
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</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_817">&nbsp;</a>DESCRIPTION</h4><blockquote>
The
<i>getwchar()</i>
<i>getwc(stdin)</i>.
function is equivalent to
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_818">&nbsp;</a>RETURN VALUE</h4><blockquote>
Refer to
<i><a href="fgetwc.html">fgetwc()</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_819">&nbsp;</a>ERRORS</h4><blockquote>
Refer to
<i><a href="fgetwc.html">fgetwc()</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_820">&nbsp;</a>EXAMPLES</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_821">&nbsp;</a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4><blockquote>
If the
value returned by
<i>getwchar()</i>
is stored into a variable of type
<b>wchar_t</b>
and then compared against the
<b>wint_t</b>
macro WEOF,
the comparison need never succeed.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_822">&nbsp;</a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4><blockquote>
None.
</blockquote><h4><a name = "tag_000_005_823">&nbsp;</a>SEE ALSO</h4><blockquote>
<i><a href="fgetwc.html">fgetwc()</a></i>,
<i><a href="getwc.html">getwc()</a></i>,
<i><a href="wchar.h.html">&lt;wchar.h&gt;</a></i>.
</blockquote><h4>DERIVATION</h4><blockquote>
Derived from the MSE working draft.
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